new Central- Asiatic Birds. 



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of which three arc uncovered, similar small white markings 

 (decreasing in number), but no white outer edge, on the ter- 



Secondary quill, tifth from behind, counting tlie three tertiaries : — 

 1. Pi cm major ; 2. P. leptorhynchus typicus ; 3. P. leptorhynelms, var. 

 hucoptera. 



tiaries, three outer tail-feathers largely marked with fulvous, 

 a more or less brownish white or dingy light brown under- 

 side, and the red of the belly reaching only a little upwards 

 to the lower edge of the sternum. 



It is also larger. Length 11-11^ inches, rarely about 12; 

 wing5-7-5-8 ; tail3-7-3-9 ; bill I'l to 1-15 long from forehead, 

 and 0'32-0'35 high at the forehead; female with a bill 1*1 

 long and 0*32 high. Remiges 4 > 5 > 3 ; these almost equal, all 

 longer than 6; rem. 2 = 8; the first spurious considerably 

 longer than its coverts. P. major is found also in Turkestan, 

 but only in the extreme north-east^ in the mountain-forests 

 north of Kuldja. 



Other species allied to P. major, such as P. nmnidicus, P. 

 syriacus, P. majordides, P. Jdmalayanus, P. manday'inus, etc.. 



